Example sentences of "[pers pn] because [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is reflected in attitudes such as " I do n't want to listen to you because I have more important things to say " ; or " I 'm not interested in you because you ca n't help me " ; or " My way is always right , you have to understand " . |
| 2 | At the same time they wanted to be able to increase their staffing as and when orders came along , and did not want to be in a position to have to refuse orders because they did not have the staff , or lose them because they could not promise fast enough delivery . |
| 3 | We are incompatible with them because they can not understand us or comprehend our heritage . |
| 4 | Er , what in fact this Committee is doing , is saying that at one of the sections that makes up part of it , you happen to have carry forwards spare from last year , therefore use them because we ca n't identify anything else in budget savings for this , next year . |
| 5 | Twice before she 'd had proposals of marriage and had rejected them because she could n't feel for the men they came from . |
| 6 | Well I better not tell them because it will completely spoil their holiday but erm it 's h it 's interesting because we 've been mentioning it to other people I 'm sure they 've never . |
| 7 | And , ah , oh aye , and she says they 're out playing and the s and she says you know what kids are like Jean , and she says like I would n't try even to say to my kids not to go near them because you would n't tell them because they 're only kids and she says they 're like playing in the square and she says like I would David and down here you know when I was coming down |
| 8 | I started relationships with women my own age , but found I could n't take to them because I could n't forget the woman I had married . |
| 9 | But he still needed them because he could n't believe his luck either , he had the feeling that it might come crashing down round him . |
| 10 | I know it 's something a Samaritan would consider unprofessional , but I enjoyed getting verbal queerbashers to hang up on me because they could n't handle what I was telling them . |
| 11 | She said she could n't tell me because you would probably get it out of me , snake that you are . ’ |
| 12 | These " no-hopers " were probably given to me because I may well have been overheard to say I did not believe that there was such a person who had gone through a-initio training as a pilot who could not get on step by step until he became an operational pilot . |
| 13 | ‘ Basically , Beatty sacked me because I would n't sleep with him . ’ |
| 14 | Charlie got annoyed with me because I would n't let him . |
| 15 | I 'm sorry you had to worry about me because I would n't let you know what was going on in my mind , but I hope now you 'll realise why I kept silent for so long . |
| 16 | And I hope you have n't gone to any trouble cooking for me because I can barely keep owt down these days , not after t'hospital , me appetite quite sickened away on me wi' the things they serve up — greasy bits o' beef skirt and nasty little salads wi' half a two-week old egg and a few outside leaves o' lettuce and a bit o' wet beetroot , no , it was an effort getting it down , let alone keeping it down — I can tell you , there was many as could n't , eggs from t'infernal regions we got for us breakfast as often as not , right stink bombs , but could you get any o' them nurses to have a sniff or give us another i'stead ? |
| 17 | This worried me because I could not make out what I had done this time to annoy her . |
| 18 | This was a worry to me because I could not work out how much money I would have to live on . |
| 19 | No it 's no it 's alright it just , it just puzzled me because I could n't see where it had , might have come from |
| 20 | The mild-mannered defender fears his testimonial plans , scheduled for next year , will be ruined if West Ham insist on selling him because they ca n't afford to pay his wages . |
| 21 | They walked by him , looking at him because they could n't help themselves . |
| 22 | Then even if he is here you wo n't see him because you wo n't need to see him , if you see what I mean . |
| 23 | They were in awe of him because you would never have guessed from meeting him how immensely wealthy he was , and because you would never have guessed from knowing how immensely wealthy he was how immensely clever he was as well , and because he was called Freddie when his initials were A. P. J. You 'd catch a glimpse of this tall , stooped figure crossing Trinity Great Court , with one shoulder held slightly higher than the other , and you 'd know you were watching one of the world 's great fortunes walking about , plus , on the same two lanky legs , behind the same untidily dangling forelock , one of the world 's great instruments of serious scholarship . |
| 24 | I 'm sure he knew we were trying to get rid of him because he would n't go ! |
| 25 | She had wanted to know how much it mattered to him because he would n't let on , and it gave her a valuable lever . |
| 26 | Salesman George Anderson , a classmate in high school , can recall a conversation about him , when Jack told him , ‘ I saw my father yesterday ’ — as if it was an event to be noted — ‘ the poor old guy , I feel sorry for him because he ca n't help it . ’ |
| 27 | Erm no , he does help me a few things but I do all the digging for him because he ca n't bend down too much . |
| 28 | This explains why he is vulnerable to the ball which moves away from him because he can not get properly into line or lean into the ball . |
| 29 | Furthermore they know that they can trust him because he will not filch money from the common agricultural policy , as Labour would do , to use it for other purposes . |
| 30 | Robert 's mum , a hospital staff nurse , said : ‘ Robert must have been an emergency because he had a vocabulary of four words at the age of three and speech therapy was no good to him because he could n't hear what they were trying to teach him . |